Hi,
I'm Holly, and I have a weakness for dieting. I guess it could be worse! :) I have been "chubby" since puberty, so while I didn't really DO anything about it until I realized I was going to need to fit in a wedding dress 15 years ago, the weight "issue" has always been there.
I joined Jenny Craig back in 1994 to try & lose weight before my wedding (after gaining the Freshman 15...and adding 15 more to that - I'm an over-achiever). It was great...I lost 35 lbs, and felt GREAT on my wedding day! Then I had to start eating "real" food again...and I gained it all back, plus 20 more (did I mention I'm an over-achiever?).
I focused on my career for 6 years, which meant a lot of travel, team meetings with pizza lunches, and eating out...and then we decided to have a baby. I gained 35 lbs with my son, lost 9lbs 4oz on his birthday, and that was it. I kept the rest! 18 Months passed, we decided we wanted to consider a 2nd baby. I wanted to lose some weight first...I got pregnant that week. I worked hard not to gain too much with my daughter, and I hit 196.2 at my post-delivery dr. appt. And despite "dieting" throughout the years...I stayed at 196.2 for nearly 5 years.
I joined Weight Watchers in 2009, and lost 30 lbs....just under 1/2 of my goal, but then I quit. I maintained that loss for a while, but it slowly crept back up by 14 lbs. So here I am...
In January this year, I decided I was done with "dieting". I'm making a major lifestyle change! I re-joined Weight Watchers, I'm eating healthy, I'm getting my heart rate up every single day for at least 30 minutes. I'm showing my kids what healthy ACTS like, and hopefully, in the process, what it LOOKS like too!!
I'm so encouraged to see other's journey, and know I'm not alone! I can't wait to see how healthy & svelte we all are!!
Monday, February 7, 2011
Sunday, January 30, 2011
There is never a good time to start being healthy
Hello fellow Losers,
Wow!!! Where to begin, but at the beginning. My name is Xochitl and I've had the pleasure of knowing Steph from our days back at The Walt Disney Travel Co. She was such a great mentor then and she still is, even way back in Utah.
I've been overweight my whole life. Since in the womb I suppose, so this lifestyle is my comfort zone. I've always lost weight, but regained it plus some, lost some, gained some, etc. I'm a human yo yo when it comes to weight loss and gain. I have no excuses but only blame on myself for not sticking to the loss of the weight. This time around however is different. Why you ask? Well now, I have 3 babies that I just simply adore, and they need their mommy to be active and healthy, forever. The other reason is my sis. I'm doing this great challenge with her and we together will overcome this craziness and be healthy and get to go shopping for cute clothes together soon.
I started my weight loss this time around at 228. OUCH!!!! I'm at 215. Not bad, but currently, I know that water retention is my enemy. I will just have to wrap my self up in saran wrap next time I work out, to get the water out!!! I'm joking, I promise.
Happy losing, and may the best woman prevail.
smooches!
Xochitl
Wow!!! Where to begin, but at the beginning. My name is Xochitl and I've had the pleasure of knowing Steph from our days back at The Walt Disney Travel Co. She was such a great mentor then and she still is, even way back in Utah.
I've been overweight my whole life. Since in the womb I suppose, so this lifestyle is my comfort zone. I've always lost weight, but regained it plus some, lost some, gained some, etc. I'm a human yo yo when it comes to weight loss and gain. I have no excuses but only blame on myself for not sticking to the loss of the weight. This time around however is different. Why you ask? Well now, I have 3 babies that I just simply adore, and they need their mommy to be active and healthy, forever. The other reason is my sis. I'm doing this great challenge with her and we together will overcome this craziness and be healthy and get to go shopping for cute clothes together soon.
I started my weight loss this time around at 228. OUCH!!!! I'm at 215. Not bad, but currently, I know that water retention is my enemy. I will just have to wrap my self up in saran wrap next time I work out, to get the water out!!! I'm joking, I promise.
Happy losing, and may the best woman prevail.
smooches!
Xochitl
Friday, January 28, 2011
Not giving up
Hi Biggest Losers!
I have to start by saying how proud I am of all of you for finding the motivation to keep going and not giving up. I joined this challenge with my beautiful sister. To date I have not lost any weight but keep gaining the weight. I am a stay at home mom of 3 awesome kids. Since I had my oldest I have gained over 60 lbs. I have had many struggles going up and down and now, well i just go up. I have just been diagnosed with Hypothyroidism and a handful of other medical problems. BUT I am not giving up. I know that results will come in time and my body is not where it needs to be. Am I discouraged? YES Am I giving up? NO. Why should I. I am finding that my sister and my husband are my biggest fans and I will always be my sisters biggest fan.
My Diet for over a month now has been the Paleo diet (A.K.A. Hunters Gatherers diet). My diet consists of fruits, nuts, vegetables and meats. I just reintroduced milk in moderation back into my diet and so far its going ok. I work out 5 days a week and coach cheer for 1st and 2nd graders on Saturdays. No I am not losing the weight but it helps having an amazing husband who is being supportive and eating the same food as I am. Not to mention the self confidence is starting to come back. Yay!
I encourage all of you to find what works for you and keep going. In those times where you are discouraged remember muscle weighs more than fat and for us ladies, water weight just plain sucks. Next week will be better. :)
I wish you all the best and if you need encouragment, send me a note. I would be glad to keep you going. You are not alone in any of this.
My start weight was 182 and now its 188. (HUGE SIGH) NOT GIVING UP!!
I have to start by saying how proud I am of all of you for finding the motivation to keep going and not giving up. I joined this challenge with my beautiful sister. To date I have not lost any weight but keep gaining the weight. I am a stay at home mom of 3 awesome kids. Since I had my oldest I have gained over 60 lbs. I have had many struggles going up and down and now, well i just go up. I have just been diagnosed with Hypothyroidism and a handful of other medical problems. BUT I am not giving up. I know that results will come in time and my body is not where it needs to be. Am I discouraged? YES Am I giving up? NO. Why should I. I am finding that my sister and my husband are my biggest fans and I will always be my sisters biggest fan.
My Diet for over a month now has been the Paleo diet (A.K.A. Hunters Gatherers diet). My diet consists of fruits, nuts, vegetables and meats. I just reintroduced milk in moderation back into my diet and so far its going ok. I work out 5 days a week and coach cheer for 1st and 2nd graders on Saturdays. No I am not losing the weight but it helps having an amazing husband who is being supportive and eating the same food as I am. Not to mention the self confidence is starting to come back. Yay!
I encourage all of you to find what works for you and keep going. In those times where you are discouraged remember muscle weighs more than fat and for us ladies, water weight just plain sucks. Next week will be better. :)
I wish you all the best and if you need encouragment, send me a note. I would be glad to keep you going. You are not alone in any of this.
My start weight was 182 and now its 188. (HUGE SIGH) NOT GIVING UP!!
Thursday, January 27, 2011
Article on Carbs
Found this article about Carbs. It's good to have them, as long as they're good carbs! It can actually be beneficial to your weight loss!
http://shine.yahoo.com/channel/health/8-reasons-carbs-help-you-lose-weight-2442968/
Enjoy!!!
Steph
http://shine.yahoo.com/channel/health/8-reasons-carbs-help-you-lose-weight-2442968/
Enjoy!!!
Steph
Monday, January 24, 2011
Another interesting article!
Hi everyone!
Hope y'all are doing great with this weight loss challenge!
I've found another article that may be of interest. I know that most of you do have children, but it's worth reading.
Happy losing!
-Lizette
Hope y'all are doing great with this weight loss challenge!
I've found another article that may be of interest. I know that most of you do have children, but it's worth reading.
Happy losing!
-Lizette
Sunday, January 23, 2011
My diet plan
So weigh in time is here again.. I'm looking forward to Sundays now. :)
I guess I'll post what I post on Facebook every Sunday here.
Start:196
Old:187
New:183
Yep I've made it public. I figure that if I hold myself accountable to my friends it's extra motivation. So far so good!
As for my diet:
For breakfast I've done mostly a "green" drink. Which is made in my blender and shared with my hubby. It varies depending what I have on hand but basically...
Ingredrients: 2 bananas
handful of blueberries
large handful of Spinach
a cup to a cup and 1/2 of frozen strawberries
a cup to a cup and 1/2 of Frozen Pineapple
one tbs of Flaxseed oil
the meat of a young coconut
the coconut water out of the same coconut
(If no Coconut water I use 1 and 1/2 cups of distilled water)
Sometimes I stick in a stalk of celery, I've put in swisschard and kale before but my husband doesn't like the taste of either... so since he's doing this with me I've omitted them. The spinach doesn't overpower the fruit taste but the kale and swisschard are stronger flavored so you end up with a greenish looking fruit tasting smoothie. It's yummy!
On days that I want something hot I cook up a serving of steel-cut oatmeal and stir a half of a chopped up apple into it with whatever else I might fancy. I've done apples and raisens with cinnamon and apples and bananas both were splendid. I sweetened it with 2 tsp of raw honey.
Lunch is a HUGE salad with Spring green mix or just baby spinach. I've chopped up an apple and put raisens, cinnamon and fresh squeezed OJ on it YUMMY! or just loaded it up with tomatoes, mushrooms, cucumbers, radishes, carrots, celery, and ny other veggies in the fridge that I fancy. I make my own dressing or put on a premade dressing in moderation. (No more than 2 tablespoons and usually Italian)
For dinner lots of options. Baked potatoes, lots of different soups, veggie pancakes, tacos with whole wheat tortillas no sour cream and LOTS of salsa and tiny amounts of cheese (because cheese is mostly fat) so a sensible dinner basically.
Oh and WATER lots of Water!
I workout every other day because of the FMS and I don't want to overdo.
Sunday is my "free" day. I eat what I want just in moderation. Like waffles... just one serving.
I guess my diet is a combination of the Body for Life and Eat to Live. It seems to be working. so :crosses my finger: here's hoping it keeps going.
Good Luck to all.
Kandee
I guess I'll post what I post on Facebook every Sunday here.
Start:196
Old:187
New:183
Yep I've made it public. I figure that if I hold myself accountable to my friends it's extra motivation. So far so good!
As for my diet:
For breakfast I've done mostly a "green" drink. Which is made in my blender and shared with my hubby. It varies depending what I have on hand but basically...
Ingredrients: 2 bananas
handful of blueberries
large handful of Spinach
a cup to a cup and 1/2 of frozen strawberries
a cup to a cup and 1/2 of Frozen Pineapple
one tbs of Flaxseed oil
the meat of a young coconut
the coconut water out of the same coconut
(If no Coconut water I use 1 and 1/2 cups of distilled water)
Sometimes I stick in a stalk of celery, I've put in swisschard and kale before but my husband doesn't like the taste of either... so since he's doing this with me I've omitted them. The spinach doesn't overpower the fruit taste but the kale and swisschard are stronger flavored so you end up with a greenish looking fruit tasting smoothie. It's yummy!
On days that I want something hot I cook up a serving of steel-cut oatmeal and stir a half of a chopped up apple into it with whatever else I might fancy. I've done apples and raisens with cinnamon and apples and bananas both were splendid. I sweetened it with 2 tsp of raw honey.
Lunch is a HUGE salad with Spring green mix or just baby spinach. I've chopped up an apple and put raisens, cinnamon and fresh squeezed OJ on it YUMMY! or just loaded it up with tomatoes, mushrooms, cucumbers, radishes, carrots, celery, and ny other veggies in the fridge that I fancy. I make my own dressing or put on a premade dressing in moderation. (No more than 2 tablespoons and usually Italian)
For dinner lots of options. Baked potatoes, lots of different soups, veggie pancakes, tacos with whole wheat tortillas no sour cream and LOTS of salsa and tiny amounts of cheese (because cheese is mostly fat) so a sensible dinner basically.
Oh and WATER lots of Water!
I workout every other day because of the FMS and I don't want to overdo.
Sunday is my "free" day. I eat what I want just in moderation. Like waffles... just one serving.
I guess my diet is a combination of the Body for Life and Eat to Live. It seems to be working. so :crosses my finger: here's hoping it keeps going.
Good Luck to all.
Kandee
Saturday, January 22, 2011
Weigh In 1/23/11
Again, time for weigh in!
Hope this week has been successful for you all! I received a message from one of your fellow biggest loser companions. It was a before and after of what was being eaten and done as far as activities. There are some great tips!
"I sat down and really looked at what I was eating and how much. I have made some drastic changes and it is showing already.
Soda:
Before: 32oz - 48 oz Diet Lime Coke/day
Now: 0 (12 days and no soda)
Blood Pressure:
Before: 135/90
Now: 124/78
(Even on a blood pressure medication I was in the low end of high blood pressure.)
Carbs:
Before: 4 sandwiches a day (white bread)
Now: 1 sandwich (whole Wheat)
Food:
Before: Eat until I am stuffed
Now: Portion Control, less carbs
Exercise:
Before: Basketball 1 night a week
Now: Basketball 2 nights and biggest loser video with wife
Before: Watch a movie on the couch
Now: Watching a movie and lifting weights"
I've found that the smallest of changes can make the most overall impact! Don't think of changing everything overnight. It's possible to make drastic changes, however these changes usually don't stick for very long. It takes 21 days to make a new habit. It's always good to REPLACE a bad habit with a good one instead of just trying to get rid of the bad habit. By making small and simple changes, big things can happen. These small and simple changes will become your NEW habits! These good habits are going to mold the new and healthy you you've always wanted to be!!!!!
Over a year ago, I had just resolved that I was going to be big the rest of my life. I started to get rid of my smaller clothes and giving up all hope that I would ever be smaller again. Last year, something changed in me. I found this confidence I had lost some time before. Almost 45 lbs later, I still have hope that I'll be a smaller, more healthy ME! It's taken me a while to reach that almost 45 lbs, but for the most part, it's staying off! This is the new me! This is who I've wanted to become!
Just remember...when it starts to get tough...and it will...REMEMBER who you want to become...who you TRULY are inside!!!!
Have a GREAT week!!!!!
Stephne
Hope this week has been successful for you all! I received a message from one of your fellow biggest loser companions. It was a before and after of what was being eaten and done as far as activities. There are some great tips!
"I sat down and really looked at what I was eating and how much. I have made some drastic changes and it is showing already.
Soda:
Before: 32oz - 48 oz Diet Lime Coke/day
Now: 0 (12 days and no soda)
Blood Pressure:
Before: 135/90
Now: 124/78
(Even on a blood pressure medication I was in the low end of high blood pressure.)
Carbs:
Before: 4 sandwiches a day (white bread)
Now: 1 sandwich (whole Wheat)
Food:
Before: Eat until I am stuffed
Now: Portion Control, less carbs
Exercise:
Before: Basketball 1 night a week
Now: Basketball 2 nights and biggest loser video with wife
Before: Watch a movie on the couch
Now: Watching a movie and lifting weights"
I've found that the smallest of changes can make the most overall impact! Don't think of changing everything overnight. It's possible to make drastic changes, however these changes usually don't stick for very long. It takes 21 days to make a new habit. It's always good to REPLACE a bad habit with a good one instead of just trying to get rid of the bad habit. By making small and simple changes, big things can happen. These small and simple changes will become your NEW habits! These good habits are going to mold the new and healthy you you've always wanted to be!!!!!
Over a year ago, I had just resolved that I was going to be big the rest of my life. I started to get rid of my smaller clothes and giving up all hope that I would ever be smaller again. Last year, something changed in me. I found this confidence I had lost some time before. Almost 45 lbs later, I still have hope that I'll be a smaller, more healthy ME! It's taken me a while to reach that almost 45 lbs, but for the most part, it's staying off! This is the new me! This is who I've wanted to become!
Just remember...when it starts to get tough...and it will...REMEMBER who you want to become...who you TRULY are inside!!!!
Have a GREAT week!!!!!
Stephne
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